Moral Responsibility
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Introduction General Overviews Anthologies and Textbooks Free Will Classic Texts Contemporary Debates and their Precursors (I) Utilitarian Instrumentalism (II) Responsibility and the Reactive Sentiments (III) Identifying with our Actions (IV) The Value of Choice and Contractualist Developments Moral Reasons and Moral Address Arguments Against Control Earlier Contributions Social and Political Approaches
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